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Abdel-Malek Featured on WorldCanvass: “Research to Real Life” Panel January 26

January 26, 2016

Karim Abdel-Malek, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computer-Aided Design, will be a guest panelist January 26 on

program recorded before a live audience for later broadcast on UITV, YouTube, iTunes, and the Public Radio Exchange. WorldCanvass guests will discuss what it means to be a research university from multiple perspectives when they gather at Iowa City’s FilmScene at 5 p.m. for the program called “Research to Real Life.” The program is free and open to the public.

Abdel-Malek, one of three panelists, will explain how the ‘predictive dynamics’ of Santos, of the Virtual Soldier Research Program, allow a user to simulate soldier performance while carrying various loads and while conducting various tasks.

Dan Reed, professor of electrical and computer engineering and UI vice president for research & economic development, will open the discussion with examples of academic research that, either directly or indirectly, led to discoveries and technological innovations that have transformed each of our lives.